It may be no fun catching a virus or the common cold, but these giant microbe plush toys are simply adorable. Who wouldn’t want to catch one?
For your chance to win one of five assorted plush microbes from www.professorplums.com.au, draw a microorganism that you have invented. Make your drawing colourful and tell us about your bacterium, virus or fungus: does it spread disease, grow in strange places or is it helpful to the environment? It’s up to your imagination!
To be in the running to win this fantastic prize, send us your entry with your name, age, address and Double Helix subscriber number*. Get a parent's permission, ask them to sign each piece of paper, and then send it to CSIRO Double Helix Competitions, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601 by 31 May 2018. Or, email your entry with your details to helixassist@csiro.au. The best entries in each competition will win the prize.
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1. To be valid, all entries must include name, address, age of entrant and Double Helix subscriber number. 2. All entries become the property of CSIRO and will not be returned. 3. Entering the competition assigns copyright to CSIRO. 4. Entries will be judged on creative merit, not by chance. 5. Age will be taken into consideration when judging. 6. All decisions on competitions are final and will not be discussed further. 7. Winners will be notified by mail and the names of competition winners only will be published three issues later. 8. CSIRO shall not be liable for any damage or loss suffered in connection with any of the prizes. 9. Any change in value of the prize between the publishing date and the delivery date is not the responsibility of CSIRO. 10. In the case that prizes become unavailable after the publishing date, CSIRO will send an alternative prize. 11. The closing date for this issue's entries is 31 May 2018. 12. Competition entries must be the entrant's own work. 13. It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure copyright of their entry is not assigned elsewhere. 14. Winners should allow six weeks for prize delivery.
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